Where does time fly to?

Watching the cars as they sail by

Each entrusted with a different destination, a different journey

A different comfort, a different life.

She pushed her warm brown hair off her shrugged shoulder

For a moment, suddenly, the world grew colder

Thinking about all she’s done and all she’s been through

Constantly wondering” Where does time fly to?”

If only she could reach the cavern where used time is most safely kept

In the dim light she would hold it in her tender arms and say

“Will you be my friend…for once?”

She longs to be let to live in a moment forever

Longs to once again feel safe and secure.

But time never flies back….

Captured in an impenetrable maze

Everyday struggling to turn the page

Her past reigns over her tomorrow

Her want to go back only drowns her in sorrow

A minute’s worth of memories

Keeps her occupied for days

Encircled only by the thoughts

Of the days that she has lost

The moments bygone

Should serve as memories and lessons

Not deprive us of a future worth existing in

Not force us to the cliff of depression

But she fails to realize

That her life isn’t done

Swallowed by the past

She forgets to live in now

All the moments she’ll henceforth miss

Her happiness eternally lost to the mists

While time continues to drift away…

Excerpt from “The See-Saw Souls” by
Kaanthal Manikandan

Kauverian Bookshelf